I felt like a rock star, she says.
I was curious to see how each country has its own experience with it.
Maybe it will help us get a release.
Otherwise, Ill keep going in this punk way for as long as I feel like.
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DEADLINE: Where did the idea forChlorophyllcome from?
IVANA GLORIA:It started with the script from Marco Borromei, and he asked me to direct it.
Chlorophylldirector Ivana GloriaNiccoló Beretta
And so, I really put all of this into the movie in every scene.
And I like the way the script does that, because its a fairytale.
It all comes after.
And even here, a lot of it came after.
We worked a lot with Silvia Orengo, the sound engineer, on the sounds.
We had the whole big team for sound, to find the right frequencies.
Thats because the character, Maia, is kind of paralyzed at times, because shes scared.
But usually when something scares you a lot, its actually because itsattractingyou a lot.
And so, for me it was a very key element.
Its something Ive been learning about myself as well.
Its about going where you want to go, even its very scary.
At some point, you will go there because its just in your nature.
Nature will do what it needs to do, no matter what it takes.
DEADLINE:How did you find your lead actress, Sarah Short?
GLORIA:I got a self-tape from her agent.
It was between, I dont know, maybe seven, eight other young girls.
And I got immediately captured by her way of hiding herself behind irony, behind her smile.
So, I really wanted to have a character like that.
And of course I was very much captured by her eyes.
She has this incredible, very not-so-common light blue eyes.
So many people asked me if she was wearing lenses!
DEADLINE: As well as sound, music is also a very important part of the film.
Who did the music, and how did you approach adding music to the film?
GLORIA:The music was by a collective called Soha.
Its actually going to be released soon, the soundtrack.
I met one of them after a screening of another movie, outside the cinema.
I approached him, and we started collaborating.
Its a mix of electronic and ambient music, maybe.
DEADLINE: Do you listen to music while youre working?
GLORIA:Just in my [earphones].
DEADLINE: What influenced you to make such a surreal, dreamlike movie?
GLORIA:I dont know.
And afterwards I said, What does directed by mean?
And who is Michel Gondry?
I always was fascinated by magicians and the magic of cinema.
But this is something related to my past in general.
For this movie, I think I got moved byBorderfrom Ali Abassi.
Not that its so surreal.
Theres a bit ofMidsommar, but thats more horror.
And theres a bit ofPortrait of a Lady on Fire.
I really like the tension between the characters, and the female gaze in it.
DEADLINE: What has been the reaction when youve shown it?
I felt so understood.
